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Earl Dotter is the recipient of the Josephine Patterson Albright Fellowship
in Photography for the year 2000 from The
Alicia Patterson Foundation. His fellowship project title is:
"COMMERCIAL FISHING, Our Most Perilous Trade." The grant will provide
support to document the hazards faced by commercial fishermen far offshore in
the North Atlantic as well as in the hand harvesting fisheries along the New
England Coast.
Earl Dotter on his current project documenting the lives and work of
America's commercial fishermen:
Working independently and far into the ocean, commercial fishermen
practice their rigorous trade without much understanding from the public that
hungers for fresh lobster, swordfish, shrimp, sea urchins or shellfish.
Sebastian Junger's book, The Perfect Storm, and The Hungry Ocean by Linda
Greenlaw have painted powerful portraits of the tragedy, demands and rewards
of this perilous business. I feel my own working history as a photojournalist
specializing in dangerous occupations has well prepared me to bring the
compellingly visual side of this important story to light. There are important
benefits to the fishermen and the public that can result from accomplishing
this most important photographic essay.
 
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